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The first phase of the Kaikias development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has ramped up nearly one year ahead of schedule with estimated peak production of 40,000 boe/d, Shell Offshore Inc. said Thursday.

Royal Dutch Shell plc said Thursday it has struck its sixth oil and natural gas find in the Norphlet play in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) after encountering more than 800 net feet of pay at the Dover discovery.

Super independent Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which can pick and choose from an array of global prospects, is finding the best options in its own backyard, with plans to again direct nearly all of its 2018 capital to the United States.

With a plethora of natural gas and oil prospects lined up for development through the 2020s, Royal Dutch Shell plc is keeping a relentless focus on improving efficiencies to stay above the fray if commodity prices were to sink again, CEO Ben van Beurden said Thursday.

American Midstream Partners LP (AMID) on Wednesday announced an estimated $3 billion merger with Southcross Holdings LP entities, a transformational tie-up that when completed would create an enterprise with 8,000 miles of onshore and offshore natural gas, crude and liquids pipelines, and substantial gas and liquids processing.

Natural gas and oil producers and pipeline operators working in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) began shutting in production and evacuating platforms and rigs early Thursday in preparation for Tropical Storm (TS) Nate, which potentially could make landfall on the Gulf Coast this weekend.

In the first lease sale covering the entire Gulf of Mexico (GOM) since 1983, the Lower Tertiary Trend, an intriguing deepwater play that has yielded big-time discoveries, captured most of the attention.

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) this week awarded 153 tracts to companies that bid in March to explore for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), but 10 high bids were rejected.

Seventy-three million acres offshore Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas will be auctioned in August to kick off the 2017-2022 federal oil and natural gas leasing program, the Department of Interior said Monday.